After sketching how my own interest and research into bullying problems began, I address a
number of potentially controversial issues related to the definition and measurement of such …

This paper presents results from a thorough systematic review on the efficacy of school
bullying (perpetration and victimization) in predicting aggression and violence later in life …

Background: Peer victimization is ubiquitous across schools and cultures, and has the
potential for long-lasting effects on the well-being of victims. To date, research has focused …

The rates of bullying during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of unprecedented public health
and social restrictions, were compared to earlier times when students attended school in …

Bullying and cyberbullying have been intensively studied in many countries, and research
on the topic has been fruitful. Nevertheless, it is still necessary to advance knowledge on …

School-based bullying perpetration and victimization is common worldwide and has
profound impacts on student behavior and mental health. However, few studies have …

School transitions are common educational experiences for children and adolescents and
many of them worry about being bullied during this type of major life‐changing point. In a …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare intervening mechanisms proposed by
general strain theory and the control model of criminal lifestyle theory as explanations for the …

Threat appraisals—individuals' perceptions of how stressful situations may threaten their
well-being—are an important but understudied mechanism that could explain links between …

Objective: Drawing from the social-ecological framework, this multilevel study examines
individual, family, and school correlates of bullying perpetration among a sample of high …